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Old 03-21-12, 07:34 PM   #1
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"Professionals can track satellites from ground stations, but usually they don't have to because, if you pay a large sum [to send the satellite up on a rocket], they put it in an exact place," Mr Bauer said.
I used to work with the guy who knocked Skynet 4b irrecoverably out of position. Ended up sitting near 4a so was a complete waste of time and money.
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I used to work with the guy who knocked Skynet 4b irrecoverably out of position. Ended up sitting near 4a so was a complete waste of time and money.
Skynet 4b?

I'm guessing he looked a little like this guy:

and I'm guessing he talked a lot about "the machines".
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Old 03-21-12, 09:48 PM   #3
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I used to work with the guy who knocked Skynet 4b irrecoverably out of position. Ended up sitting near 4a so was a complete waste of time and money.
OUCH! The Skynet system wasn't exactly cheap either.

He didn't also work on 1b did he?
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